[Footnote: McClung gives the exact conversations that took place between Kenton, Logan, Girty, and the Indian chiefs.

They are very dramatic, and may possibly be true; the old pioneer would probably always remember even the words used on such occasions; but I hesitate to give them because McClung is so loose in his statements.

In the account of this very incident he places it in '77, and says Kenton then accompanied Clark to the Illinois.

But in reality--as we know from Boon--it took place in '78, and Kenton must have gone with Clark first.] Boon and Kenton have always been favorite heroes of frontier story,--as much so as ever were Robin Hood and Little John in England.

Both lived to a great age, and did and saw many strange things, and in the backwoods cabins the tale of their deeds has been handed down in traditional form from father to son and to son's son.